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Vampires, like virgins or priests, are things that women believe in. We must never fail to humor them in such matters.

— Brian McNaughton

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They see their fellows as impediments to feeding, to be mauled and shrieked at when the mourners go home.

The Throne of Bones (1997)

For all their laughter, ghouls are a dull lot.

The Throne of Bones (1997)

I had always been impatient with superstition. If I ever met a God, I would apologize for disbelieving in Him, but not until then.

The Throne of Bones (1997)

When I was three or four, an older kid tried to scare me away from a barn full of dangerous junk by telling me the Bogeyman lived there. I spent a lot of time crawling around beneath rusted machinery and through barbed wire looking for the Bogeyman, but no luck.

I believe that we are soft creatures in a world with some very hard edges. It's remarkable that we survive at all, much less do high deeds or write great music. I think … tension … is a condition of our existence, and I do my best to depict it.

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